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Cold War Origins

 

            
             The American's during this time period had a tendency to make sure that all of the .
             blame for the Cold War was placed on the Soviet Union. It is no wonder as to why the .
             Soviets wanted to bomb the guts out of America. Stalin was ready for his already .
             increasing power in Europe and he still wanted more territory and militia. His armies were .
             in the millions and he already had Germany. Everybody wanted Poland because this .
             would be the key to launching an attack on Russia if they got to power hungry. Not one .
             person or country wanted another World War especially if it was against Russia. America .
             did not meet other demands from the Soviet Union. Stalin had asked for other land, such .
             as South Sakhalin Island, the Kuriles and Outer Mongolia. They asked for 20 billion .
             dollars in reparations from Germany and 3 seats on the United Nations. The United .
             States was offended at the fact that the Soviet Union would not hold free elections. The .
             Soviet Union was mad at the fact that the United States gave the Soviets bad press. .
             Stalin was getting excited because he could almost taste Greece and some of the Middle .
             East. Greece was struggling to make amends after the British decided to stop supporting .
             the Greek government, and they asked the US for assistance. They asked for .
             $400,000,000 to repair the country's economy and to equip themselves in case of an .
             attempted assault by Russia. This made huge hostilities towards Truman and Stalin. 270 .
             million people in foreign countries were starving and suffering. The US government .
             decided to give $11,000,000,000 of the taxpayers money to the countries in need. This .
             money did not go to the people but it did help get people into jobs, get the economy and .
             also equip them. The Czechoslovakians wanted independence from Russia. They had .
             relied on Russia for all their means and needed to be separated or wars would be reared .
             back onto them. They asked for assistance from the USA in order to get some solid .


Essays Related to Cold War Origins

1. What factors influenced the origins of the Cold War?

The origins of the Cold War are argued by historians and social scientists alike, as some say the tension between the United States of America and the Soviet Union goes back to the beginning of the Twentieth Century. ... As there are many conflicting views about the first origins of the Cold War, it is impossible to state an exact beginning date of the conflict. ... Other factors which contributed to the origins of the Cold War include that the United States had much control over the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund that were created at the Bretton Woods conference. ... Ther...

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2. Origins of the Cold War

-Walter Cronkite The origins of the Cold War have been debated since 1945 when, at the end of World War II, the allied countries of Great Britain, The United States, and The Soviet Union had to decide how to map out the fate of Europe. ... As would be expected, the period during the 1960's and 1970's, the debate over the origins of the Cold War between traditionalists and revisionists was extremely argumentative and scathing: In the 1960's, debates generated by the cold war and the war in Vietnam brought the so-called cold war revisionist interpretation. ... Further, by attribu...

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3. Do you agree that the origins of the Cold War lie in the pol

The most popular view on the origins of the Cold War would be considered to lay in the policies of the World War II, others would say that the mistrust between the two started with the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and communists gaining power. In my essay I will examine the consequences of those events and suggest other ideas on the origins of the Cold War. We should also take into account that there are several different theories and ways of looking at the origins of the Cold War. ... The Potsdam conference is sometimes seen as the actual beginning of the Cold War. ... If both sides had...

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4. Ideological Differences in the Outbreak of the Cold War

The aim of this essay is to evaluate the importance of the ideological differences in the outbreak of the Cold War. The Cold War begins with the end of the Second World War (WWII) in 1945, when the world was left crippled and needed to be reconstructed in some manner. ... To a certain extent ideology can be seen as the driving force behind the outbreak of the Cold War. ... On the other hand, some other revisionist historians point at the US foreign policy as the culprit of the origins of the Cold War, culminating in the McCarthy witch-hunts of the 1950s. ... Historians writing since the coll...

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5. Origins of the Cold War

These were the beginnings of the Cold War, and this essay will explain the origins of it and will attempt to reach a conclusion of which nation- Russia or America- was to blame for the outbreak of this war that lasted for nearly five decades. ... Another cause of the Cold War is the changing of Presidents in America. ... The final origin of the Cold War was the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, by the Americans. ... For decades the Cold War between Russia and America polarized the world, forcing countries to choose between the ideals of communism and cap...

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6. Cold war

The Cold War was a war that literally wasn't your typical war. ... The Cold War was a big arms race that was started after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR or modern day Russia). ... The Cold War was a real complicated war because it was more a fight about ideology, Democracy and Communism. ... The international level, at first had no effect in the Cold War, no other country or any international organization like the United Nations got involved in the Cold War. ... The most important levels of analysis in the origins of the Cold War would have to be th...

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7. Cold War

Cold War paper The role of America at the end of World War II was where the origins of policing the world originate. ... This became the origin of the Cold War. ... These measures made it possible for Americans to become more comfortable with the Cold War. ... They backed this idea of aggressive behavior, rather than a passive approach to the Cold War. ... The ideals of personal freedom and opportunity were the driving forces behind Western philosophy throughout the Cold War. ...

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8. Origins Of The Cold War

Origins of the Cold War It can be said that actions taken by the United States in the early years of the Cold War were completely rational and based on the real fear that the Soviet Union was out to destroy America and our way of life. ... One final argument that challenges this statement is that Western allies broke their promise on the "single most important military issue of the war three times"(Chafe 38). ...

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9. Cold War

Opposed to past wars of destruction, the Cold War was caused by variances of international affairs. ... Determining the origin of the Cold War has been an extremely challenged subject matter of any study of American diplomacy. ... Until the mid 1960's these researchers unanimously agreed with this historiography of the Cold War. ... The Iranian Crisis of 1946 as a Euro-origin of the Cold War caused a variety of opinions and outlooks towards the crisis. ... The conclusion of the Cold War could be seen as an all around success story if compared to past blood coated war. ...

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10. Reasons and Consequences of the Cold War

The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. ... Initially, symbolizing her "Yalta-Potsdam order" associated rather with "conspiracy stronger than their opposition," but this trend has not received further development in international relations, despite the fact that it is possible to maintain the relationship between the two folding camp on verge of a "cold peace," without giving him slip to the "cold war." ... In addition, the United States played in the war, and as the largest creditor of the coalition, which after the war proved to be finan...

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